Thatcher governments 1979-87
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- Thatcher Governments 1979-87
- Character and Ideology
- Conviction politician
- Middle class, self-reliance
- Not traditional background
- Influenced by 'New Right' think tanks
- Hayeck
- Focus on society, order and family
- Ministers
- Wets, Whitelaw
- Dries, Howe, Lawson
- Wets marginalized by 1983
- Still experienced opposition, Westland
- Divided opposition and SDP
- Internal divisions, with Foot leadership
- SDP 1981
- 'Gang of 4'
- Liberals, broke away from Labour left
- Labour voting demographic changed
- 1983 Kinnock helped bring Labour back, took on 'Militant Tendency'
- Conservative electoral success
- 1983 'Falklands Factor'
- Patriotism
- Galvanized Thatcher to dominate party
- Labour not credible, poor manifesto, splintered opposition
- 1987, strong defense, lower taxes, press backing
- Kinnock brought Labour back to moderate socialism
- Alliance lost momentum SDP had no purpose, merged
- NI troubles
- Thatcher unionist
- Bobby Sands hunger strikes, special status prison
- Thatcher hated by Republicans
- Sinn Fein more focused on political seats
- 1984 Brighton bomb
- Secret neogtiations
- Hillsborough agreement, Ireland say in Northern Government, Unionist unhappy, Ulster Resistabnce
- Character and Ideology
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